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THE LICK OBSERVATORY. | 9 |
| Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington; the trustees of the Thompson fund, A.A.A.S., and others. |
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OFFICERS OF THE OBSERVATORY. |
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The sections immediately following are extracted from the REGISTER of the University and give the official status of the Observatory as a part of the University: |
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Martin Kellogg, President of the University; Edward S. Holden, Director and Astronomer; John M. Schaeberle, Astronomer; Edward E. Barnard, Astronomer; William W. Campbell, Astronomer; Richard H. Tucker, Jr., Astronomer; Allen L. Colton, Assistant Astronomer; C. D. Perrine, Secretary. |
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HISTORY OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY. |
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Mr. Lick, in August, 1875, selected Mount Hamilton, in Santa Clara County, as a site for the Observatory. Land for the site (1350 acres) was granted by Act of Congress, June 7, 1876. One hundred and forty--nine acres additional were purchased by Mr. Lick, and a tract of forty acres was added by gift of R. F. Morrow, Esq., in 1886. The north half of section sixteen of the township was granted to the University, for the use of the Observatory, by the Legislature of California in 1888. This land (320 acres) is continuous with the grant from the United States. Congress also granted in 1892 an additional tract of 680 acres, making the total area of the Reservation about 2581 acres. A road to the summit of Mount Hamilton (4209 feet above the sea), was built by Santa Clara County at a cost of about $78,000, in the year 1876. |
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BUILDINGS AND INSTRUMENTS. |
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The Observatory consists of a Main Building, containing computing rooms, library (of 3000 books and 3000 pamphlets), and the domes of the 36-inch equatorial and the 12-inch equatorial; and Detached Buildings to shelter the Meridian Circle, the Transit, the Horizontal Photo-Heliograph, the portable Equatorial, and the Crocker Photographic Telescope. |
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